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Commentary

Restoring local government funding

Schwarzenegger’s bold stroke

Refusing to knuckle-under this time, the governor deploys the ultimate bureaucrat-killer: spontaneity.

John Kurzweil

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from CPR’s print edition

Returning the public interest to center stage

Yes, Virginia, there is a Mandate

Striking like lightning, the voters have ended the self-absorbed,
left-wing, special interest politics of the Davis era. Now what?

by John Kurzweil

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Where the new governor learned his economics

Free to Choose

by Milton and Rose Friedman

From the book that taught Arnold Schwarzenegger the promise of free markets
and the perils of big government. Excerpted from the authors’ Introduction.

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The Schwarzenegger Mandate

Clearing the Minefield

Besides working with the Legislature, the new governor must create an effective administration dedicated to implemeting his program.

by Peter Hannaford

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Foiling Sacramento’s Green Goblins

Critical changes to take to lawmakers, or the people

by George M. Passantino

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Be Governor

A lot can be done without going to lawmakers or voters.

by Gregory Sanford

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Five things Schwarzenegger can do

Begin by tossing Davis’s budget: its cuts weren’t made and
its revenue projections won’t come through.

by Bill Leonard

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Disproportionate Influence

Recall voters also signaled the time has come to clean up
tribal casino politics and policies.

by Fred Jones